Sectional barrel for reels



June 24. 1930.

R. D. SMITH SECTIONAL BARREL FOR REELS Original Filed Feb. 27. 1926 PM June 24. 1930.

UNITED STATES RATIO D. PIE, PLEASANTVILLE, NEW YORK HECTIOHAL BARREL I'OB BEELS Application fled lehrnary 87, 1888, Serial No. 81,155. Renewed Kay 11, 1938.

barrel and the taking apart of the barrel itself so that the reel may be stored and shi ped within the smallest possible space.

eretofore ithas been customary to construct reels, particularly of the larger sizes for heavy wire and cable, with wooden heads joined and spaced apart by nailed wooden cleats parallel to the axis of the reel and forming the reel barrel on which the wire or cable is wound. Suchconstruction in the case of break or damage requiring the 18 replacement 0 one reel head involves an amount of labor to repair the reel about equivalent to that required to make a whole new reel. Furthermorethe barrel made of ,5 showing a modification of the'bolt holding wooden cleats is not desirably strong for the 80 service for which the reel is commonly used and it is moreover whollfv impractical to produce a reel capable o taken apart and easily reassembled in suc construction.

resent improvement has for its ur- .My a pose the-provision of a reel with a s eet metal barrel and particularly a sectional barrel which may easily and quickly be assembled to difierent reel heads whether the head he of wood or metal and which itself 80 can be taken apart or (knocked down) in 'fi parts which are capable of nesting to save space in stora and shipment.

A further 0 ject is to produce m improved reel barrel of stamped meta? construction so that it ma manufactured in quantities and preferably put together with standard bolts and nuts as an integral barrel or drum before the heads are applied at its .ends to form the reel.

An illustrative embodiment of my inventron is more particularly described and defined in the following description and its novel features are inted out in the ap-' pended claims in w ich reference-is had to the accompanying sheet of drawings wherein Fig. 1 is a side view of a complete reel incor rating myim roved sheet metal barrel.

ig. 2 is an en view of the reel partly broken away. Fig. 3 isa view lookingattheooncaveor rows.

be economically Fig. 6 is a section on the plane 6-6 in "i 7 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing a di erent formation of the metal of the barrel section for holding the head bolt.

Fig. 8 is. an end view looking at the right of Flg- 7a Fig. 9 is asectional view 'lar to Fig.

means pictured in Figs. 7 and 8.

10 is a section on the plane 10- -10 in 1g. 9 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fi 11 shows a substitute means of holding e barrel sections together in place ofa segmental strap.

Fig; 12 is an end view looking at the of Fig. 11.

ference symbols recurring in dilferent gures of the drawings designate difierent views of identical parts.

In Fi 1 and 2 the reel heads 10 and 10' are hel a ainst the ends of in improved sheet metal barrel comprised 0. three sections 11, alike. Three pairs of tongues 12 and 12' are struck inwardlw from the metal of'section 11 at each end of the section, of these ton es containing a bolt hole 13 to take the cad bolt 14 the square head 15 of which is held close eno h to the inner surface of the section 11 to es it from turning. Bolt 14 is retained rigi y in the holes 13' by a nut 16 which clamps a segmental connecting strap 17 against the outer ear 12. The connecting strap 17 has notches 23 to accommodate bolt 14. The nut 16 thereby helps take the thrust of the reel head 10' when the latter is drawn up against the end of the barrel section 11- by side nut 18 under which a burr or the outloo , ing the bolts 14 19 may be used to advantage if the reel head be of wood.

In Fig. 2 it will be observed that the reel sections v11 abut at three points 20 each of which points are straddled circumferentially by the strap 17 whereb the barrel -may be assembled as a whole be ore nut 18 is applied and be handled as a rigid metal drum avrojecting from its ends to protrude throug holes 21 in the reel head to accurately locate same when applied.

Figs. 7 and 8 show a series of sheared depressions 25 to hold the bolt 14 m place of ears 12 and 12'. Figs. 9 and 10 show on an enlarged scale the assembled construction when the formations 25 are employed.

Fi s. 11 and 12 show a method of citing to et er the sections 11 to form a reel barre without employing a separate connectlon stra such as 17. In this method the edge oft c section is flanged over to abut against a corresponding flange 30 on the ad acent' section; the flanges being held together by bolts 31 and nuts 32 or in any other suitable and preferably detachable manner.

In the above described constructions it. will be observed that little or no dependence is placed upon the reel head for assistance in the stre h and rigidity of the barrel. It is pointe out that this is a feature not depending on nor essentially concerned with an particular character of threaded stud, bolt, tie rod, or like expedients old in this art, which may be em loyed as the projecting members to take the nuts 18 for retaining the reel head. It will be observed that the parts depended upon to hold the reel together are self locating in assembly so that no skill nor adjustment is required to set up a properly assembled reel.

The following claims will be inter reted as intending to cover not only the eviees and constructions herein pictured and described but also all fair equivalents of same that come within the irit and principles of the features and com inations defined.

What I claim is:

1. A sectional sheet metal drum for reels embodying in combination, a plurality of sheet metal sections of common cylindrical curvature means to secure said sections rigidly to one another to form a hollow cylindrical drum, together with means carried at the cylindrical ends of said drum for securing the reel head rigidly thereto.

2. A sectional sheet metal drum for reels embodying in combination, a plurality of sheet metal sections of common cylindrical curvature means to secure said sections rigidly to one another to form a hollow cylindrical drum, together with fastening projections for the reel head carried rigidly at the cylindrical end edge of said drum sections and projecting therefrom parallel 0 tihe drum axis for ithereel 3. A sectional sheet metal drumfor reels embodying in combination, a plurality of sheet metal sections of common cylindrical curvature means to, secure said sections rig.-

idly to one another to form 'a hollow cylindrical drum, each of said sections ha holding formations struck. fromthe meta of same, together with studs rigidly secured in said formations to roject from the edge of said section parallial to the c lindrical axis of drum for engagement wit the reel heads to fasten same to the ends of said drum. I

4. A sectional sheet metal drum for reels embodying in combination, a plurality of sheet metal sections of common cylindrical curvature means to secure said sections rigidly to one another to form a hollow cylindrical drum, each of said sections having stud holdin formations struck radiall inward from t e metal thereof together wlth a bolt device eng said f0 ations and held thereby in c ose proximity o the inner concave surface of said section and projecting beyond the cylindrical end edge thereof as a means for securin the reel eads rigidly ainst the ends 0 said drum.

. 5. n combination, a reel head, a plurality of sections formed for assembly to comprise the barrel of the reel, and means to secure each of said sections against 'ts adjacent sec tion and in the absence of sa d head.

6. In combination, a reel head, a plurality of. sections formed for assembly to comprise the barrel of the reel, and means to secure the edge of each of said sections to the edge of its adjacent section and in the absence of said head.

7 In combination, a reel head, a plurality of sections formed for assembly to comprise the barrel of the reel, and means to secure each of said sections against its ad'acent section and in the absence of said ead, said head having means to position it co-eentrally with said barrel when assembled therewith.

8. In combination, a reel head,a plurality of sections formed for assembly to comprise the barrel of the reel, and means to secure each of said sections against its ad'acent section and in the absence of said ead, and means to prevent said head from turning relative to said barrel when drawn up against the end thereof.

9. In combination, a reel head, a plurality of sections formed for assembly to; comprise the barrel of the reel, and means to secure each of said sections against its ad'acent section and in the absence of said h said head having means to position it co-centrally with said barrel when assembled therewith, and means to prevent said head from turning relative to said barrel when drawn up against the end thereof.

10. In combination, a reel head, a plurality of sections formed for assembly to comprise the barrel of the reel and also formed to nest for saving of space when dis-assembled and packed as separate parts,

and means to secure each of said sections against its adjacent section and in th a sence of said head.

' 11. A reel having a head and a barrel comprised of two or more sections arranged to be assembled and dis-assembled inde-' pendently of said head.

12. A reel havin sectorially separab e curved portions conjoined by connecting parts of curvature correspondiiiifi to the curvature of said portions an a be for said reel separable from sai barrel and from saidconnecting parts.

13. In reel construction a lurality of barrel sections carryinginterna y thereof holding means for endwise projecting members to enga eth'e head of the reel, and a tie strap of less than complete circular'extent and having means to engage the bolts of more than one of said barrel sections for securing them together:

14. In reel construction a plurality of barrel sections carrying internally thereof holding means for endwise projecting members to enga e the-head of thelreel, and a tie strap of ess than complete circular extent and having means to engage the bolts of more than one of said barrel sections for securing them together, together with a reel head and bolts, each of which penetrates said guide means, said tie strap and said reel head.

15'. In reel construction a plurality of barrel sections carrying internally thereof holding means for endwisefprojectmg members to enga e the head 0 the reel, and a tie strap of ess than complete circular extent and having means to engage the said members of more than one of said barrel sections for securln them together, together with a reel, each 0 said members netratmg one of said holdin means, 0 said tie straps and said reel ead, said members being kept from turning by their manner of contact with the barrel section. I

16. In the construction of sheet metal a barrel com rised of projecting bolt and embod 'ng a portion of the sheet metal of said di um struck mto afiord a pluralit wardl of axially space apertures to aecommo ate the bodyv of the bolt and hold the "same in substantial ali 'nment with the axis of the drum andsu ciently close to the sheet metal so that the head of-the bolt will by contact therewith be revented from turning.

18. In com ination, a reel drum, comprised of a lurality of sections adapted to be assemb ed to form the barrel of a reel, said sections being formed from sheet cumferential exterior in the assembled drum.

19. In asheet metal drum a weldless construction for assembling a plurality of sections made of sheet metal and adapted to resent a smooth cylindrical outer surface or use as the barrel of a reel and includin an inwardly disposed formation of the ad ace'nt edges of said sections adapted to be fixedly secured together b removable coupling means, together wit wardly disposed formations struck from the sheet metal of the section and formed to hold and prevent from turning a separate coupling means disposed to receive and secure a reel head.

Signed at New York, N. Y., this 26th day of February, 1926. v

RAYMOND D. SMITH.

drums, a weldless means for holding at the interior surface of said drum an endwise projecting bolt, and embodlying a portion of the sheet metal of said rum struck inwardly to afi'ord an aperture to accommodate the body of the bolt and hold the same in substantial ali out with the axis of the drum and su ciently close to" the sheet metal so that the head of the. bolt will by contact therewith be prevented from turning.

I 17. In the construction of sheet metal drums, a weldless means for holding at the interior surface of said drum an endwise other in- 

